Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 012B Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.1027(f)(1)(i): The employer did not implement engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to cadmium at or below the permissible exposure limit (PEL): a) Patco Area, Strip and Wash Building, on or about 12/1/15: An employee plasma cutting the undercarriage of a rail car was exposed to 6.02 micrograms per cubic meter of cadmium as an 8-hr. time weighted average (TWA), 1.2 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 5 micrograms per cubic meter, during the 413 minute sampling period. A zero increment was included for the 67 minutes not sampled. Engineering controls such as, but not limited to mechanical ventilation and work practice controls were not provided. Abatement note: Abatement must be done in steps to include use of respirators until effective engineering controls are implemented, developing a plan and use of approved and effective engineering controls to be done in following stages: 1) Employees must be placed in effective and approved respirators while complying with the requirements of an effective respiratory protection program that complies with 29 CFR 1910.134 and includes medical evaluations, fit -testing and training. (30 days) 2) A plan to reduce employee exposures must be submitted with preference of reducing exposures through appropriate engineering controls. (60 days) 3) Appropriate engineering controls such as, but not limited to, local ventilation or portable ventilation units and verification of their effectiveness must be in place to reduce employee exposures. (90 days) Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item